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The Chester Pipe and Tube Company was a company incorporated in 1877 in Chester, Pennsylvania, by shipbuilder John Roach for the manufacture of iron pipes and boiler tubes for the steamships built at his Chester shipyard, the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works. [1]
Neshaminy Creek is a 40.7-mile-long (65.5 km) [1] stream that runs entirely through Bucks County, Pennsylvania, rising south of the borough of Chalfont, where its north and west branches join. Neshaminy Creek flows southeast toward Bristol Township and Bensalem Township to its confluence with the Delaware River.
The Lehigh River (/ ˈ l iː h aɪ /) is a 109-mile-long (175 km) [1] tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania.The river flows in a generally southward pattern from the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania through Allentown and much of the Lehigh Valley before joining the Delaware River in Easton.
As of Wednesday morning, the water level of the Delaware River at Trenton stood at 12.49 feet, and is expected to reach 16.85 feet early Friday before receding. The flood stage is 20 feet. But ...
The Delaware–New Jersey border is actually at the easternmost river shoreline within the Twelve-Mile Circle of New Castle, rather than at mid-river, mid-channel or thalweg, so small portions of land lying west of the shoreline, but on the New Jersey side of the river, are pene-exclaves under the jurisdiction of Delaware. The rest of the ...
On Feb. 22, 1937, tunnel expert John Meigs, chief engineer for the Wilmington-Deepwater Tunnel Company, addressed the Milford Rotary Club touting the virtues of a tunnel under the Delaware River ...
Pond Eddy is situated along the Delaware River, which is a vital ecological and recreational resource for the community. The hamlet is connected to its Pennsylvania counterpart, Pond Eddy, Pennsylvania, by the historic Pond Eddy Bridge, a steel-truss bridge completed in 1904. The bridge was originally a key part of the transportation network ...
The Chester Creek Railroad (later the Chester Creek Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad), built in 1869, paralleled it from Lenni to Upland, where it turned away from the creek. In 1972 the rail line was severely damaged by flooding from Hurricane Agnes. Chester Creek joins the tidal Delaware River at the Port of Chester in Chester. [2]